What temperature should wine be served at?

The temperature at which a wine is served is important and it is worth spending a moment to think about it. The common saying that red wines at room temperature and chilled white wine is a useful starting point, but you really need to know more than that. 

Most refrigerators maintain a temperature of close to 3 degrees, and it is too cold for most white wines. Dry white wine and champagne in a high quality should be served at a temperature of about 7 degrees and 11 degrees (maybe even slightly higher) which is very close to the temperature in many underground cellars for much of the year. Put white wine in the fridge for one hour prior to serving it will make it possible to achieve the right temperature, but can be served immediately, if, as been stored in a basement. Cheaper sparkling wines, sweet white wines and inexpensive white wines are best a little colder, maybe 5 degrees to 8 degrees, so an hour or two, so that should bring these bottles down to a reasonable temperature. 

Prior to drink red wine, you Atoll probably also need to chill them. Lots of people say that red wine should be served by Oromo temperature, ago but this is no longer true now that most of the houses are centrally heated and insulated. The ideal serving temperature for many fine red wines is perhaps 14 degrees to 17 degrees, slightly cooler than modern houses, although it was a common temperature inside the past. Therefore, many red, unless stored in a cool place, will benefit from a half hour or so in the fridge. 

When correcting the temperature of wine, you must be careful not to destroy it. Place it in a fridge is best, with a second option is to place it in a bucket of ice and water. This will have the effect that the wine down to 0 degrees, it is too cold to appreciate wine, so you Atoll have to remove the bottle before it gets cold there. If trying to warm a bottle that is too cold, there is a greater risk of damaging the wine. Heat the wine gently, preferably by looking forward and bringing the wine from the fridge area (whether it be a basement or a refrigerator) for several hours earlier. 

If uncertain as to the serving temperature, always play safe and serve wine too cold. Wine served in this way will soon warm up in the glass.